The Center for Jewish Nonviolence (CJNV) is a nonprofit civil society organization that mobilizes Jewish activists from around the world to stand in Palestinian-led nonviolent solidarity and co-resistance in Israel/Palestine. CJNV’s stated mission is to strengthen relationships among Palestinians, Israelis, and Jews in the diaspora, use Jewish privilege to protect Palestinian communities, document human-rights abuses, and model disruptive nonviolent tactics to oppose occupation, settlement expansion, home demolitions, and what it describes as apartheid and ethnic cleansing.
Pursues human-rights and justice-oriented policies related to Israel/Palestine, including ending the Israeli occupation, opposing settlement expansion and forced displacement, advancing full equality and protections for Palestinians, promoting accountability and rights-based U.S. and international policy, and supporting nonviolent civil resistance and community accompaniment programs.
Primarily funded through individual donations and grassroots fundraising, program participant fees (sliding-scale delegation fees), occasional grants and fiscal sponsorship relationships, and small-scale crowdfunding for specific delegations and projects.
Works closely with Palestinian and Israeli grassroots partners such as Tent of Nations and Holy Land Trust and has collaborated with organizations and networks including Breaking the Silence, Nonviolence International and previously received fiscal sponsorship or partnership support from Truah; Ilana Sumka is a founder and prominent affiliated individual.
Non-profit civil society organization (international advocacy and direct-action group)
